Caught my attention as well and I hope it becomes a topic for discussion. Some of my thoughts on what it might be:
1) Riv geo charts always list a front-center measurement. I think most bike companies don't list this measurement. 2) I remember Grant referencing a shorter front-end and a longer rear-end as being preferable. 3) Grant has made a similar comment on handlebar height affecting handling but he would not elaborate on the specifics. On Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 2:15:21 PM UTC-5, dougP wrote: > > That part really caught my attention. It lends credence to the notion > that trail can't be talked about in isolation, but is just one element of > the complete design. Given Grant's refusal to get into the scrum of trail > discussions, we'll all just have to keep guessing what the magic parameter > is. Ah, I can hear another thread opening even now. > > dougP > > On Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 9:02:19 AM UTC-7, Peter Turskovitch wrote: >> >> Grant, from the interview: >> >> "Also, there’s another steering/bike handling parameter that probably >> matters more, although it’s far less well-known than trail is. Everybody at >> Rivendell knows what it is, we have a name for it, and all of our bikes are >> designed with it in mind. That’s true whether it’s me designing a new >> model, or Will or Roman or Mark working on a limited-run Rosco Bubbe. >> Everybody here knows, but I’m not going to say what it is, because it’s >> another can of worms, and it’ll attract the meanest mathematicians and >> physicists on the internet. Why do that?" >> >> What does everybody think he^s talking about here? I think he's referring >> to where the rider's center of gravity sits between the hubs, ie "chainstay >> length". >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
